It is now official, our 2024 fry were transported to Rhoades pond Tuesday April 2nd!
We have our full allotment of fish and the feeding volunteers will start twice a day as of Wednesday this week.
Note: we do still have 1 open spot for feeding Friday afternoons (weekly) if you know anyone that would like to help this year. Please email us [email protected] if interested.
Stay tuned and we will keep you posted on up coming events and the progress of the fish.
Saturday Feb 3rd Nestucca angler volunteers completed the first round of our annual pond, property & site cleanup.
Our healthy 2023-2024 Fall Chinook fry remain in the hatch house at Cedar Creek Hatchery and are on schedule to transfer to our Rhoades Pond facility this April.
More updates to come soon. Thank you to all the volunteers for your continued support!
The Fall Chinook are in their sack fry development phase. All baskets of fry have been picked thru to remove any residual dead eggs and to keep the fungus at bay. The fish look great! They are hunkered down in the hatch house for a few more cold months. I will send another update when they get into the “button up” phase.
Nestucca Angler’s and Cedar Creek Hatchery staff spawned the last egg take for the class of 2023 fry. The fry will stay in the hatch house under the care of the hatchery staff through the winter.
Here are a few pictures of the hatch boxes within the hatch house. The wood cedar covers were rebuilt by the Nestucca Anglers last winter to keep the eggs and fry in a quiet dark environment while they develop.
Thank you to all the volunteers that worked very hard this fall collecting Broodstock and with the spawning. Special thanks to the Cedar Creek Hatchery staff as their leadership and teamwork is a big part of the success of Rhoades pond Fall Chinook Broodstock Program (ODFW STEP).
Great turnout of volunteers this past morning for our second spawning of Fall Chinook Broodstock. We will continue spawning through the Fall run to get a good mix of genetics. Stay posted as updates will continue as they become available.
Our first spawning of Fall Chinook Broodstock for 2024 babies was on Oct 17th. We had a great mixture of fish for diversity of genetics. We will have several more spawning’s in the next month to catch the full run of fish.
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These Fishermans maps are discontinued and are a legacy of the Nestucca River. The Nestucca River flows through the coastal range and 57 miles later ends up at the ocean in Pacific City. This river has always given great fishing opportunities throughout the years, with 11 boat ramps/slides and lots of public bank access above tide water.
The map was developed by fishermen and their local knowledge, experience, and memories of the 1950s and 60s. To this day, these fishing holes have kept their names through generations of sons and daughters who continue to fish these waters. Most of their forefathers have since passed but fishing memories continue on.
This map will not be found on the internet and has a special meaning to the community of the Nestucca Basin. The Nestucca Anglers would like to share it with you as we continue raising Fall Chinook for the future generations to come.
Nestucca Anglers Mission: Education, Stream Enhancement, and Fishing Opportunity.
Approximate Map size: 17” x 22” Full Custom (Matted) Frame Size: 25” X 27”
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All proceeds remain in our 501c3 nonprofit donation program and are used to help with the rearing of fish and maintenance of our site/equipment.
Nestucca Anglers released 108,000 August 1st. The fish went out to the Nestucca basin healthy and to size.
Special thank you to all the feeding volunteers that took care of the fish throughout the season.
We will start collecting the Broodstock for our 2023 offspring in September. Stay tuned on Facebook as we will keep you updated on our collection process.
Visit our site for a full gallery. We have also posted a couple release videos this year as well.
